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SHRINK BACK
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pull away from a source of disgust or fear
Synonyms:
retract; shrink back
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "shrink back" is one way to...):
cringe; flinch; funk; quail; recoil; shrink; squinch; wince (draw back, as with fear or pain)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
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